Strategic Planning

The New Jersey State Library supports strategic planning as a management tool to determine a library’s mission, vision, values, goals and objectives, roles and responsibilities, and to determine benchmarks and timelines that will shape the library’s future. All libraries should have an updated strategic plan of three to five years, initiated by the Board of Trustees.

Strategic Planning When You Can’t Afford a Consultant – Learn how to develop a strategic plan for your library when you can’t afford a consultant. Michele Stricker, Deputy State Librarian for Lifelong Learning, provides you with the basic practices and resources for creating a practical framework for your strategic plan. Walk away with useful tips and techniques that you can apply to your own library.